Digital audio type, other than cassette-type

The following analogy could be used to illustrate the relationship between DNA, genes, and chromosomes in order to understand it more clearly: chromosomes can be likened to an audio cassette, DNA to the tape inside the cassette, and genes to the song recorded on the tape.

8. Notes that records, audio and video cassettes, CD-roms and interactive compact discs are cultural goods like books and that these goods must be accessible to consumers in order to protect both consumer's rights and musical and cultural production and calls therefore for the minimum tax to be extended to these products and for consideration be given to the possibility of reducing this tax at all stages of production;

The Commission further concluded, on the basis of the following facts, that the Community industry had suffered material injury: - imports of audio cassettes from Japan, Korea and Hong Kong have increased at a more rapid rate than the rate of global consumption, from 154 million units in 1985 to 212 million units in 1988 (some US$ 450 million), namely by 38%; - the market share of the exporters found to have practised dumping increased by 10% while the market share of the total dumped imports increased by 3%; - the complainant producers' selling prices in the Community suffered a significant erosion between 1985 and 1988; - Community ...[+++]producers were unable to increase significantly their production between 1985 and 1988 and their sales fell by 8.5% over this period, despite an increase in total consumption of 30%; - between 1985 and 1988 return on sales of the Community industry showed a constant negative trend, which has been improved in 1988 mainly because of the withdrawal of the loss-making models; - these rationalization measures involved a loss of employment in the Community of some 23% of the audio cassettes workforce between 1985 and 1988.